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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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