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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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