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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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