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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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