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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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