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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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