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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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