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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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