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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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