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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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