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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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