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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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