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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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