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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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