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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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