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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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