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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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