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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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