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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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