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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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