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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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