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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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