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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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