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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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