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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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