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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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