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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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