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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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