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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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