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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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