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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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