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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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