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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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