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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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