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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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