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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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