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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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