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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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