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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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