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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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