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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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