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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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