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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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