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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. 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 massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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