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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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