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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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