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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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