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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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