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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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