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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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