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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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