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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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