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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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