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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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