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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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