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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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