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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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