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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the 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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