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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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