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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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