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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses 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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