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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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