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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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