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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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