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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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