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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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