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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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