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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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