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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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