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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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