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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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