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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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