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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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