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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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