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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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