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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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