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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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