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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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