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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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