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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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