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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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