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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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