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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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