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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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 ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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