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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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