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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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