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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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