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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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