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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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