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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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