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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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