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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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