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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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