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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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