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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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