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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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