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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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