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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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