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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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