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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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