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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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