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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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