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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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