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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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