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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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