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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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