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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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