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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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