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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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