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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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