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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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