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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important 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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