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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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