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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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