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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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