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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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