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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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