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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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