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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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