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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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