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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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