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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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