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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education