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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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