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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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