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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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