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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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