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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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