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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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