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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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