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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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