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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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