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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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