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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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