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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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