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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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