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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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