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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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