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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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