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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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