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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. 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 online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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