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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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