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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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