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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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