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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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