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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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