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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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