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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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