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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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