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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part 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. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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