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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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