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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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