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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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