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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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