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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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