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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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