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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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