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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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