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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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