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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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