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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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