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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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