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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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