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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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