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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources