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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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