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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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