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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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