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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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