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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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