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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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