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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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