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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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