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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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