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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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