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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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