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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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