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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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