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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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