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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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