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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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