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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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