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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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