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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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