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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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