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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education