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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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