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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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