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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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