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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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