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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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