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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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