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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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