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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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