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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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