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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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