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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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