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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies 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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