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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses 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 mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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