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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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