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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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