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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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