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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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