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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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