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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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