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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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