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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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