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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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