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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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