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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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