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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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