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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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