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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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