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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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