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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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