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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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