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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative 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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