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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education