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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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