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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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