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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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