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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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