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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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