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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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