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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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