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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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