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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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