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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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