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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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