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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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