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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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