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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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