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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning enable students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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