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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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