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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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