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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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