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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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