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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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