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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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