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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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