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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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