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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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