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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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