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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different 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 we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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