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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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