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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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