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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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