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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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