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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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