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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources