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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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