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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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