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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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