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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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