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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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