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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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