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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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