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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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