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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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