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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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