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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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