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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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