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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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