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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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