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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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