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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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