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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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