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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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