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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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