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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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