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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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