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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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