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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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