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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business 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 teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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