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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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