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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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