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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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