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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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