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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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