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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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