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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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