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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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