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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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