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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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