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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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