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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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