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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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