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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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