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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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 MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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