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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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