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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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