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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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