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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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