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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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