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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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