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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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