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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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