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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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