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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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