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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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