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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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