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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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