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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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