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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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