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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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