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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key 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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