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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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