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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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