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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free 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 issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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