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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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