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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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