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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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