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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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