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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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