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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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