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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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