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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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