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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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