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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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