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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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