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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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