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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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