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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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