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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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