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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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