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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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