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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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