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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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