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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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