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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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