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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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