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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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