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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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