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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies 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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