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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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