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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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