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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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