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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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