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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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