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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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