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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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