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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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