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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take 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. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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