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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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