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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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