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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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