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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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