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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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