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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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