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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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