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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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