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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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