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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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