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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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