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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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