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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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