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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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