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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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