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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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