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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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