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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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