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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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