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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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