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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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