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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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