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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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