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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the 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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