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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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