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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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