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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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