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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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