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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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