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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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