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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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