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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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