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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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