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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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