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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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