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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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