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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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