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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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