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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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