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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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