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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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