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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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