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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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