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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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