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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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