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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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