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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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