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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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