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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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