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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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