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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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