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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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