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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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