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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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