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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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