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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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