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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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