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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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