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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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