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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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