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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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