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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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