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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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