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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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