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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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