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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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