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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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