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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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