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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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