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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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