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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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