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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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