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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major 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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