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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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