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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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