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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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