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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively 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 teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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