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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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