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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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