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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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