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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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