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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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