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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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