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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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