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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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