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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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