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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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