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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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