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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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