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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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