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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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