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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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