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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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