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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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