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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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