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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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