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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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