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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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