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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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