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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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