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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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