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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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