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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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