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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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