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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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