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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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