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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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