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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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