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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major 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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