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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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