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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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