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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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