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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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