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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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