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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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