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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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