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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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