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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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