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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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