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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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