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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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