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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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