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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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