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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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