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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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