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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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