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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. 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 massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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