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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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