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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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