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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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