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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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