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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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