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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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