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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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