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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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