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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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