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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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