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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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