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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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