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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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