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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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