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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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