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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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