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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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