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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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