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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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