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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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