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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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