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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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