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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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