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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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