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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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