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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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