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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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