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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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