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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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