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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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