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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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