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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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