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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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