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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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