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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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