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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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