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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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