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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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