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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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