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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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