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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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