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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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